Here's one that I liked the look of and had to make the drawings, to be able to make the model.
It is a 1/8th scale model of a "Sydney Brass Sulky", so named because of all the extra brass bits that are all over the original vehicle.
It was such a 'flash' type of vehicle that the young knob headed blokes would sell their left testicle to own one, the other favorites of these vehicles were the prostitutes of Old Sydney town around 1900 to about 1920.
The whores used to parade around Sydney in the afternoons, with their pimps driving, just showing of their wares to the customers who might appear in the "evenings".
Today these vehicles hold a special place for the annual city shows, think Sydney Royal Easter, Melbourne Royal Show and the Brisbane Exhibition.
They make an excellent show stopping piece these days.
Came across this vehicle and new that I would have to make a model of it.
Took hundreds of photos and pages of measurements, just to be able to get the drawing as close as I could possibly make it, to the original sized vehicle.
I use Tasmanian Myrtle for all the models I make as the grain on this timber has to be seen to be believed, absolutely no grain pore holes in the timber and when painted, no furry bits are left sticking up, it's just like painting plastic. Marvelous stuff actually.
It is all scratch built with most nuts and bolts hand made, the pinstriping is all done with CorelDraw, then used an ALPS MD 5500 printer to make the waterslide decals that are all over the model.
I also use brass, aluminium, acrylic and anything that once incorporated into the model and it's painted, nobody can see what you have used anyway.
Here's a photo of the full sized vehicle.
And here is an old advert for this type of vehicle.
Now for a few pictures of the process of making the model.
Now for the finished model -----------------
Have to add another post to show the other FINISHED photos ---------
It is a 1/8th scale model of a "Sydney Brass Sulky", so named because of all the extra brass bits that are all over the original vehicle.
It was such a 'flash' type of vehicle that the young knob headed blokes would sell their left testicle to own one, the other favorites of these vehicles were the prostitutes of Old Sydney town around 1900 to about 1920.
The whores used to parade around Sydney in the afternoons, with their pimps driving, just showing of their wares to the customers who might appear in the "evenings".
Today these vehicles hold a special place for the annual city shows, think Sydney Royal Easter, Melbourne Royal Show and the Brisbane Exhibition.
They make an excellent show stopping piece these days.
Came across this vehicle and new that I would have to make a model of it.
Took hundreds of photos and pages of measurements, just to be able to get the drawing as close as I could possibly make it, to the original sized vehicle.
I use Tasmanian Myrtle for all the models I make as the grain on this timber has to be seen to be believed, absolutely no grain pore holes in the timber and when painted, no furry bits are left sticking up, it's just like painting plastic. Marvelous stuff actually.
It is all scratch built with most nuts and bolts hand made, the pinstriping is all done with CorelDraw, then used an ALPS MD 5500 printer to make the waterslide decals that are all over the model.
I also use brass, aluminium, acrylic and anything that once incorporated into the model and it's painted, nobody can see what you have used anyway.
Here's a photo of the full sized vehicle.
And here is an old advert for this type of vehicle.
Now for a few pictures of the process of making the model.
Now for the finished model -----------------
Have to add another post to show the other FINISHED photos ---------
